The aim is to promote sustainable tourism development and foster synergies in the Mediterranean, with a focus on walking trails.
Source: chaniatrails.gr
Representatives of the Mediterranean Trails Network met in Chania in recent days for the organisation’s first General Assembly, which was established with the aim of promoting sustainable tourism development and fostering synergies in the Mediterranean, with a focus on walking trails.
The meeting was held in Chania in collaboration with the Region of Crete as part of the operation of the Chania Trails Network, whilst plans are already in place for the creation, in the near future, of a partnership between the trails across the whole island and for participation in the trans-Mediterranean network as a single ‘Trails of Crete’ network.
Representatives of networks and organisations from France, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan took part in the work of the Mediterranean Trails Network in Chania, including, for example, French development organisations specialising in the sustainable development of regional areas, the Jordan Trail Association, the Palestinian Heritage Trail Association, Paths of Greece, the Culture Routes Society from Turkey and the Lebanon Mountain Trail Association.
The members of the Network were given a tour of the Archaeological Museum of Chania and Ancient Aptera, walked along the Chania Trails routes in Apokoronas, and met with the representative of the Region of Crete, Dimitris Michelogiannis, the president of the Crete Mountain Guides Association, Christoforos Baladimas, and Babis Fasoulas from the Natural History Museum of Crete, as part of discussions on the inclusion of the Trails of Crete in the Mediterranean Trails Network.
Source: cretalive.gr